[ROVERNET - UK] Re: [ROVERNET - Blue Train Bentley

Glen Wilson rovercar at comcast.net
Thu Apr 3 15:56:18 BST 2008 

phing wrote:
> Hi
> Bentley Blue Train March 1930 ; Rover Blue train January 1930 . Rover 
> stopped at Calais ;. Barnatto and the Bentley were in London before 
> the train arrived in Calais . Apparently the Mean machine Bentley is 
> not the Blue Train car ; it was built after the event .
> Chees
> Patrick

So, the real Blue Train car was a Rover, and the Bentley was just a 
Johnny-come-lately copycat!

Cool.  ;-)

Glen

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Dean" <jaguru at bellsouth.net>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 2:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Re: [ROVERNET - Blue Train Bentley
>
>
>> Which Came first? Barnato's Blue Train Bentley race, or Rover's Light 
>> 16 Blue Train race? James
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "phing" <phing at videotron.ca>
>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Re: [ROVERNET - Blue Train Bentley
>>
>>
>>> James
>>> I Just googled Blue train Bentley . The first hit was  ultimate car 
>>> page .com which gives several great pictures of the car . It's a 
>>> real mean looking British Racing Green machine !
>>> Bugatti once said " Monsieur Bentley builds the world's fastest 
>>> lorries[ trucks ] " these pictures prove the point !
>>> Cheers
>>> Patrick
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Dean" <jaguru at bellsouth.net>
>>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:45 PM
>>> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Re: [ROVERNET - Blue Train Bentley
>>>
>>>
>>>> At some future time, I would love to have that"Blue Train Bentley" 
>>>> painting reproduced as a wall mural on a building.Does anyone have 
>>>> a link to a good illustration I can print and file away- ?- Also, 
>>>> an article telling the story? I believe it was Wolf Barnato racing 
>>>> the blue train from Paris to Calais; probably a drinking bet that 
>>>> has become legend.. Thank you, James Dean---  Original Message 
>>>> ----- From: "Glen Wilson" <rovercar at comcast.net>
>>>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 7:04 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover Restorations
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Reverend Weasel wrote:
>>>>>> Glen, that Blue Train Rover was actually a Bentley, you know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Whoops! I was just going by the advertisement from 1930 reproduced 
>>>>> on page 22 in the Daniel Young book on Rover Advertising. It's a 
>>>>> Castrol ad. Did the Bentley do it first or something?
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess the car I would like to buy would be a 1935 Rover Speed 14 
>>>>> Streamline Coupe, and I bet I'd still get lots of change back from 
>>>>> my $100k. That was the sort of car that was pictured in my brain. 
>>>>> Did the Bentley look like one of these? I can picture another old 
>>>>> ad about the Blue Train, but maybe that was a Bentley ad.
>>>>>
>>>>> Glen
>>>>>> On 01/04/2008, Glen Wilson <rovercar at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bill,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I guess that goes beyond "cost is no object" to "please help me 
>>>>>>> launder
>>>>>>> this money."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Eh? Think the Feds would be interested in this story?     ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I guess I'm out of the mainstream, but I've had $3,000-5,000 
>>>>>>> cars that I
>>>>>>> thought were really nice and lots of fun, to say nothing of 
>>>>>>> having actually
>>>>>>> been painted, upholstered and assembled by Rover Company 
>>>>>>> employees. They
>>>>>>> also had the patina and character that come from being used.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  If I paid someone a huge amount of money to RESTORE a P6 for 
>>>>>>> me, I'd have
>>>>>>> them paint the engine compartment black like Rover did and I'd 
>>>>>>> like nice
>>>>>>> leather seating surfaces like the cars that came out of the 
>>>>>>> factory (and I
>>>>>>> could probably do without those screws holding the seat backs on).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Otherwise, I'd go the RESTOMOD route, slap some flares on it, 
>>>>>>> throw away
>>>>>>> the bumpers and add beastly side pipes. That would actually be a 
>>>>>>> lot more
>>>>>>> fun.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  But if I was going to spend $100K on Rover stuff, I'd start 
>>>>>>> shopping at the
>>>>>>> home of Ian Glass and then maybe see if I could track down the 
>>>>>>> car that
>>>>>>> raced the Blue Train. They I'd take the change and set up about 
>>>>>>> twenty
>>>>>>> hospitals in someplace like Darfur.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Glen
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Robertson wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> While Glen seems surprised by the money spent on the beautiful 
>>>>>>>> burgundy
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> one (approx $32,000) i'll up the ante with the ante by a far 
>>>>>>> margin with
>>>>>>> this 1967 Rover 2000TC................Completed 2 years ago
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.guildclassiccars.com/1967_rover_979/index.html
>>>>>>>> I talked to the Guild owner who let me thoroughly examine the car
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> throughout the process ...........He wouldn't give me a final 
>>>>>>> figure on the
>>>>>>> restoration obviously but the shop steward let me know it was  over
>>>>>>> ............GET READY FOR
>>>>>>> IT>>>>>>>>>>.......$100,000............A beauty but still a
>>>>>>> whole lot of money..............The car has returned to San 
>>>>>>> Diego to its
>>>>>>> loving owner
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>> Bill Robertson
>>>>>>>>
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